Lord Frederick Cambridge

Prince Frederick
Father	Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge
Mother	Lady Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor
Born	23 September 1907(1907-09-23)
Died	15 May 1940(1940-05-15) (aged 32)

Teck-Cambridge Family

Francis, Duke of Teck Children    Mary of Teck    Adolphus, Marquess of Cambridge    Prince Francis of Teck    Alexander, Earl of Athlone Adolphus, Marquess of Cambridge Children    George, Marquess of Cambridge    Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort    Lady Helena Gibbs    Lord Frederick Cambridge Grandchildren    Lady Mary Whitley Alexander, Earl of Athlone Children    Lady May Abel Smith    Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon    Maurice of Teck

Lord Frederick Cambridge (Frederick Charles Edward) (born Prince Frederick of Teck) (23 September 1907 - 15 May 1940) was a descendant of the British Royal Family. He was the younger son of the Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, formerly the Duke of Teck, and a nephew of Queen Mary, the consort of King George V.

Contents 1 Birth 2 Name change during World War I 3 Military career and death 4 Titles from birth to death 5 Ancestry 6 References

Birth

Frederick was born on 23 September 1907 in Vienna, Austria, where his father was the British military attaché. At the time of his birth, his father was styled Prince Adolphus, Duke of Teck, the eldest son of Francis, Duke of Teck and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (a granddaughter of King George III). His mother was The Duchess of Teck (née Lady Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor), daughter of 3rd Marquess of Westminster (later 1st Duke of Westminster).

He was styled His Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Teck from his birth.

Name change during World War I

During World War I, anti-German feeling in the United Kingdom led Frederick's uncle, King George V to change the name of the royal house from the Germanic House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the more English sounding House of Windsor. The King also renounced all his Germanic titles for himself and all members of the British Royal Family who were British subjects.

In response to this, the Duke of Teck renounced, through a Royal Warrant from the King, dated 14 July 1917, his title of Duke of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg and the style His Highness. Adolphus, along with his brother, Prince Alexander of Teck, adopted the name Cambridge, after their grandfather, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge.^[1]

Adolphus was subsequently created Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Eltham, and Viscount Northallerton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Frederick's elder brother George, took the title Earl of Eltham as a courtesy title. Frederick became known as Lord Frederick Cambridge.^[1]

Military career and death

Frederick served in the Coldstream Guards and was killed in action in Belgium on 15 May 1940. He is now buried in Heverlee War Cemetery.^[2]

Titles from birth to death

• His Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Teck (1907–1917)
• Mr. Frederick Cambridge (1917-1917)
• Lord Frederick Cambridge (1917–1940)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Lord Frederick Cambridge

16. Duke Louis of Württemberg               8. Duke Alexander of Württemberg                       17. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg               4. Francis, Duke of Teck                             18. László, Count Rhédey of Kis-Rhéde               9. Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde                       19. Agnes Inczédy of Nagy-Várad               2. Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge                                   20. George III of the United Kingdom               10. Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge                       21. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz               5. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge                             22. Prince Frederick of Hesse               11. Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)                       23. Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen               1. Lord Frederick Cambridge                                         24. Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster               12. Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster                       25. Eleanor Egerton               6. Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster                             26. George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland               13. Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower                       27. Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, 19th Countess of Sutherland               3. Margaret Grosvenor                                   28. George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (= 26)               14. George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland                       29. Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, 19th Countess of Sutherland (= 27)               7. Constance Gertrude Leveson-Gower                             30. George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle               15. Harriet Howard                       31. Georgiana Cavendish

References

1. ^ ^{a b} London Gazette: no. 30374. pp. 11592–11594. 9 November 1917. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
2. ^ "Casualty details—Cambridge, Lord Frederic Charles Edward". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2896445. 

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Name	Cambridge, Lord Frederick
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Date of birth	23 September 1907
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Date of death	15 May 1940
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